Belle Apple, a 17-year-old orphan girl, goes to Sweetwater, Texas, seeking revenge on the man whose disappearance turned her into a ward of the state, her father, Clayton Hunt. Upon meeting Clayton, she realizes he is not the monster she expected. In fact, he is a gentleman and someone she would like to get to know. But things go very wrong upon the arrival of Jason, Belle's lifelong friend, lover and fellow orphan who sees Clayton's interest in Bell as too friendly.